Montgomery AL

Wilfred Bowen’s Discovery of Alabama’s Endangered Beach Mouse. In 1968, a mouse changed how we think about Gulf Coast wildlife. Wilfred Bowen, a sharp-eyed zoologist at the Florida Museum, spent years studying tiny beach mice. He bred over 3,400 of them to track how their fur colors passed...

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt says she’s worried that a $14 billion data center project proposed for rural Alabama could mean higher electric bills for nearby residents. “I understand the importance of data centers. We are in a race against China when it comes to AI, and we have to make sure we maintain the lead that we...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and while some people are thinking about the usual feast, an rights activist group PETA is providing an alternative route this year. PETA held a demonstrative protest in downtown Montgomery against eating turkeys on Thanksgiving. Their display presented a PETA supporter...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall on Tuesday announced the indictments of two Walker County residents accused of stealing more than $680,000 from the Providence Water Authority. According to the Attorney General’s Office, Sharon Lei Windham, 61, faces two counts of first-degree theft of property and one count...

Montgomery Police Chief James Graboys is advocating for an ID requirement for carrying concealed weapons in Alabama to close a loophole in the state's constitutional carry law.

A Cottage Hill Christian Academy teacher was arrested after a video showed her striking her 12-year-old son more than 20 times. The school has since fired her.

Friday afternoon Denesha Lyles dropped her children off with family members in Tallassee. It was the last time she would be seen before her disappearance, and her family has taken to social media asking for help in locating her whereabouts. Now the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating her disappearance...

MONROVIA, Ala. (WAFF) - After WAFF 48 News reported about the mail issues a Monrovia neighborhood was experiencing, the post offices stepped up. As reported to us by residents of the neighborhood, they had not received their mail for nearly two weeks. When the report ran, USPS came through the...

A man found guilty of a 2023 murder at a Montgomery restaurant will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Montgomery County District Attorney Azzie Oliver tells Action 8 News that Judge J.R. Gaines sentenced Juqwarn Hartwell to life in prison in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man inside the Waffle House on Folmar...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Alabamians are paying some of the highest electric bills in the country, a WBRC investigation reveals. Alabama has the third highest residential monthly electric bills in the country, averaging $173 dollars, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Alabama Power...